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Jessica Hanak-Coulter, the deputy director of human services for the South Carolina Department of Social Services addresses South Carolina state senators during a hearing in Columbia, S.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. A senate subcommittee has been looking into reported problems at the state agency that deals with the welfare of children and their families. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
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Ohio's Democratic candidate for governor, Ed Fitzgerald accepts the endorsement of Planned Parenthood at a news conference at the Columbus YWCA on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Standing with Fitzgerald, from left, Planned Parenthood CEO and President Stephanie Kight, State Representative Connie Pillich and Lt Governor candidate Sharen Neuhardt. Ohio Democrats seeking statewide office this fall coupled criticism of Republican-backed abortion restrictions on Wednesday with a pledge to make women’s health issues a priority in the 2014 campaign. FitzGerald, the Cuyahoga County executive, said GOP Gov. John Kasich campaigned heavily on economic issues, then has supported a series of abortion-related restrictions. (AP Photo/The Columbus Dispatch, Chris Russell)
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Ohio's Democratic candidate for governor, Ed Fitzgerald accepts the endorsement of Planned Parenthood at a news conference at the Columbus YWCA on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Ohio Democrats seeking statewide office this fall coupled criticism of Republican-backed abortion restrictions on Wednesday with a pledge to make women’s health issues a priority in the 2014 campaign. FitzGerald, the Cuyahoga County executive, said GOP Gov. John Kasich campaigned heavily on economic issues, then has supported a series of abortion-related restrictions. On the right are Planned Parenthood CEO and President Stephanie Kight, left, and State Representative Connie Pillich. (AP Photo/The Columbus Dispatch, Chris Russell)
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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2014, photo provided by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, ASPCA, shows Mary Anne Saunders, left, adopting Josie, a terrier/poodle mix, about 4-5 years old from Melissa Morgan, a kennel attendant and adoption counselor, right, at St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center in Madison, N.J. Josie was one of the last of 45 Tennessee dogs adopted when Mary Anne Saunders took her home to live with three cats. The dogs were rounded up at overcrowded shelters in Tennessee and brought to St. Hubert’s in Madison, N.J., which had enough open kennels for all the dogs. (AP Photo/ASPCA)
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FILE - In this Dec. 18 photo provided by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, ASPCA, shows Melissa Morgan, a kennel attendant and adoption counselor holding Josie, a terrier/poodle mix, about 4-5 years old arriving at St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center in Madison, N.J. Josie was one of the last of 45 Tennessee dogs to be adopted , after the dogs were rounded up at overcrowded shelters in Tennessee and brought to St. Hubert’s, which had enough open kennels for all the dogs. (AP Photo/ ASPCA, Anita Edson)
